Anna draws inspiration from her experiences, as well as her joy and passion for life. While Anna’s models provide the physical form, her muse is life itself and the joys of living. Anna’s figures are impressionistic in style, their faces are created through a collection of experiences and the features of many people, which in turn come together forming an expression of femininity. In this way, her work becomes a beautiful imagination of the female form.

Anna’s subjects are self-assured; there is an air of confidence within her figures, while still capturing a sense of softness. This is created through her use of line and colour. The backgrounds of Anna’s paintings are full of movement and the figure becomes part of this movement through her flowing dresses, but there is a stillness in her gaze that sets her apart. Anna’s interlacing of quiet tones and bright colours create a juxtaposition between the figure’s peaceful calm state and the noise flowing through her surroundings. In this manner, Anna’s work can be drawn into conversation with the work of Marc Chagall. There is a dreamlike quality in her work, her subjects are both present in the room with us but also lost in the moment, they are free. Her work captures a moment and the belief that we can do anything.

Anna’s love of music and the classical composers Bach and Tchaikovsky also have a great influence on her work. This is seen clearly by the presence of the violin in many of Anna’s paintings. Through her use of light and colour, Anna freezes music in time. She is able to capture a moment of dance, you can almost sense the sound of music echoing and anticipate the next movement flowing into life. There is significance placed on the present and the idea that we should live every moment as it happens. The past and the future are made irrelevant.

It is evident that Anna’s work is a rejection of rules and limitations. There is a newfound freedom in which the subject bursts open, granting them confidence to shine. In her work, we find a powerful expression of creative energy, spontaneity, and femininity. Through her mastery of materials Anna effortlessly blends these elements together creating stunning works full of raw emotion and passion.

There is a freshness within Anna’s work. The emotion is passionate, strong, and vibrant, while also soft and quiet. Anna’s genius is evident in the way she captures the essence of femininity on canvas. She seamlessly brings her experiences and her authentic self to life with her materials, creating something entrancing and completely unique. It is no wonder that she is an internationally renowned artist.

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Anna is a graduate of the Russian State Academy Of Fine Arts (Rostov-on-Don) M.F.A., where she got the distinction award of high-class artists in 1991. Subsequently, she studied art in Germany, Belgium, and Holland. With solo exhibitions in New York, Paris, Toronto, Amsterdam, Antwerp and Berlin and numerous works in private collections across the globe, she has become one of the most exciting and collectible artists on the contemporary scene.

Born at the height of the cold war, Anna has seen two very different worlds, that of the austere communist regime alongside the sophistication and femininity of her fashion-conscious mother. She excelled at art school, and enjoyed the freedom of learning and perfecting her technique in a variety of different media. She traveled around Europe absorbing the influences of artists, and finally settled in Canada which she now feels to be her real home.